NSG 3007 QUESTION BANK / TEST BANK
Chapter 01: Nursing in Today’s Evolving Health Care Environment
Black: Professional Nursing: Concepts & Challenges, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following could eventually change the historical status of nursing as a fe-
male-dominated profession?
a. More men graduating from baccalaureate
and higher degree programs
b. The proportion of men in nursing begin-
ning to increase
c. More male graduates of basic nursing
programs entering the workplace
d. Salary compensation increasing to attract
more men
ANS: C
Feedback
A ―More men graduating from baccalaureate
and higher degree programs‖ is not the
best answer because associate degree pro-
grams produce the most new graduates.
B The percentage of men in nursing has in-
creased 50% since 2000.
C The more men who enter the workplace as
nurses, the less nursing will be seen as a
, female-dominated profession.
D Salary rates do not appear to relate to the
recruitment of men into nursing.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: Page 2
2. The racial and ethnic composition of the nursing profession will change to more accurately
reflect the population as a whole when
a. the increased numbers of racial and ethnic
minorities enrolled in educational pro-
grams graduate and begin to practice.
b. the number of Asians or Native Ha-
waiian-Pacific Islanders begins to in-
crease.
c. the percentage of African-American and
Hispanic nurses decreases more than the
percentage of white nurses.
d. the nonwhite portion of the general popu-
lation decreases.
ANS: A
Feedback
A A larger percentage of minorities are
enrolled in nursing educational programs
than previously.
B Asians and Native Hawaiian-Pacific Is-
landers are over represented in nursing
compared to their percentage of the gen-
eral population.
C Not only would the percentage of Afri-
can-American and Hispanic nurses need
to increase, the percentage of white nurses
Chapter 01: Nursing in Today’s Evolving Health Care Environment
Black: Professional Nursing: Concepts & Challenges, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following could eventually change the historical status of nursing as a fe-
male-dominated profession?
a. More men graduating from baccalaureate
and higher degree programs
b. The proportion of men in nursing begin-
ning to increase
c. More male graduates of basic nursing
programs entering the workplace
d. Salary compensation increasing to attract
more men
ANS: C
Feedback
A ―More men graduating from baccalaureate
and higher degree programs‖ is not the
best answer because associate degree pro-
grams produce the most new graduates.
B The percentage of men in nursing has in-
creased 50% since 2000.
C The more men who enter the workplace as
nurses, the less nursing will be seen as a
, female-dominated profession.
D Salary rates do not appear to relate to the
recruitment of men into nursing.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: Page 2
2. The racial and ethnic composition of the nursing profession will change to more accurately
reflect the population as a whole when
a. the increased numbers of racial and ethnic
minorities enrolled in educational pro-
grams graduate and begin to practice.
b. the number of Asians or Native Ha-
waiian-Pacific Islanders begins to in-
crease.
c. the percentage of African-American and
Hispanic nurses decreases more than the
percentage of white nurses.
d. the nonwhite portion of the general popu-
lation decreases.
ANS: A
Feedback
A A larger percentage of minorities are
enrolled in nursing educational programs
than previously.
B Asians and Native Hawaiian-Pacific Is-
landers are over represented in nursing
compared to their percentage of the gen-
eral population.
C Not only would the percentage of Afri-
can-American and Hispanic nurses need
to increase, the percentage of white nurses
